Officials Give Update After Heinous Crash In Florida
It’s a scene that should never have happened. A massive 18-wheeler, illegally attempting a U-turn on a Florida highway, collides with oncoming traffic—leaving behind twisted wreckage and three dead. The driver? Harjinder Singh, an illegal immigrant from India who should never have been on the road, let alone behind the wheel of a commercial truck. This wasn’t just a tragic accident. It was a preventable catastrophe born directly from a system that has turned a blind eye to enforcement in the name of ideological compassion.
Perhaps Florida should implement a system using the weigh stations at the borders to prevent illegal alien truck drivers from creating horrific crashes on our highways. Random checks? Weekly checks? Thoughts? @GovRonDeSantis @JayCollinsFL pic.twitter.com/KbOuPPKJM8
— Florida Grand (@florida_grand) August 19, 2025
Singh’s story isn’t an isolated failure—it’s a chain reaction of negligence stretching from Washington to California to Florida. Despite having no legal status, Singh was issued two different commercial driver’s licenses—first in Washington in 2023, then a “limited-term” CDL in California in 2024. Federal law is clear: illegal immigrants are not eligible for these licenses. But in blue states where sanctuary policies have all but erased the distinction between legal and illegal presence, rules are bent—or outright broken.
And what makes it worse is that Singh couldn’t even speak English. During a post-crash investigation, he failed a federal English language proficiency test, answering just two out of twelve questions correctly and identifying only one of four highway signs. Yet he had been allowed to haul tens of thousands of pounds of freight across multiple states. A month before the crash, New Mexico State Police stopped Singh for speeding and conducted an inspection. But there’s no record that his language skills—or lack thereof—were ever evaluated.
The Wyoming Highway Patrol on Tuesday said it supports legislation to pull non-English-speaking commercial truck drivers from the roads. During testimony, a trooper referenced a crash in Florida where an illegal truck driver killed three people last week.https://t.co/eQB2cmKAyv
— Cowboy State Daily (@daily_cowboy) August 19, 2025
Now, the Department of Transportation has launched a full-scale investigation, including an on-site compliance probe into White Hawk Carriers, Singh’s employer in California. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy didn’t mince words. “If states had followed the rules, this driver would never have been behind the wheel,” Duffy said. “Non-enforcement and radical immigration policies have turned the trucking industry into a lawless frontier.”
And he’s right. This isn’t just about one trucker. Since late June, over 1,200 drivers have been pulled off U.S. highways for failing basic English language requirements. The reason that matters isn’t just communication—it’s safety. Road signs, emergency instructions, route changes—none of these mean anything if the driver can’t read them.
HORRIBLE VIDEO – Truck driver makes insane illegal turn on Florida highway, kills three people… – https://t.co/06ql7JQjOu pic.twitter.com/pW95X2Dxhk
— ✟ Right Scoop ✟ (@trscoop) August 16, 2025
Today, 19 states and D.C. issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. While proponents claim it improves safety, the opposite is happening. We’re watching the collapse of basic standards on our highways because political leaders have decided that ideology matters more than accountability.